Job: Senior Research Assistant, Research Analyst

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Government

New Delhi, India

Junior/Middle Management

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IFPRI is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a Senior Research Assistant / Research Analyst for its New Delhi Office. The successful candidate will work in Bihar and Orissa with the aim of characterizing all strata of the poor among small farming communities and the barriers they face towards crop technology adoption for increasing productivity and growth. This is a one-year, fixed-term, renewable appointment. The position will be based in New Delhi, India. The successful candidate will report to the Director of South Asia. Interested applicants must have work authorization to work in India. Final position title will be based on experience.

Essential Duties: The successful candidates will perform the following duties:

• Undertake primary survey in the regions of Bihar and Orissa
• Characterize the different strata of the poor and their needs
• Identify barriers that hinder the spread of crop innovations from the supply and demand side (including the needs assessment of the different strata of the poor)
• Assess (ex-ante) the likely impact of major productivity growth programs on the lives of the different strata of the poor
• Develop a roll-out strategy for the major crop innovation programs
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Economics/ Rural/ Agribusiness Management
• Excellent computer skills, in particular with STATA (knowledge of STATA is mandatory and the candidates will be tested on STATA skills during interviews), and Microsoft Office spread-sheets, graphics, and word processing
• Experience in conducting quantitative data analysis
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written
• Good organizational skills
• Ability to work independently

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is an international agricultural research center founded in the early 1970s to improve the understanding of national agricultural and food policies to promote the adoption of innovations in agricultural technology. IFPRI seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty, and is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), an alliance of 64 governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations.

IFPRI carries out food policy research and disseminates it through hundreds of publications, bulletins, conferences, and other initiatives. For more information about the company, visit www.ifpri.org.

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Research, Agriculture, Crop Technologies, Agricultural Productivity